No. 24-5961

James A. Bell v. Michele Dauzat, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness witness-vouching
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a prosecutor's 'bolstering' of a witness's testimony constitutes an impermissible vouching exception and violates due process under the 14th Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. : WHETHER A PROSECUTOR'S "BOLSTERING" OF A WITNESS' TESTIMONY IS A PERMISSIBLE EXCEPTION TO U.S. v. YOUNG's PROHIBITION AGAINST VOUCHING, WHERE THE "BOLSTERING" CONSISTS OF THE PROSECUTOR PERSONALLY ATTESTING TO THE TRUTHFULNESS OF WITNESS! TESTIMONY. WHETHER THE COMMENTS OF THE PROSECUTOR IN THIS CASE SO INFECTED THE TRIAL WITH UNFAIRNESS THAT THE RESULTING CONVICTION VIOLATES THE DUE PROCESS -CLAUSE OF THE 14th AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. -ii

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-06
Waiver of right of respondent Michele Dauzat, Warden to respond filed.
2024-10-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2024)

Attorneys

James A. Bell
James A. Bell — Petitioner
James A. Bell — Petitioner
Michele Dauzat, Warden
Tracy W. HouckThird Judicial District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Tracy W. HouckThird Judicial District Attorney's Office, Respondent